Enhancing Communication
and Collaboration
Parent Overview
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What is School Loop?
School Loop is an online classroom portal designed
specifically for K-12 school districts.
• Homework
assignments
• Progress reports and grades
• Attendance
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What is School Loop?
School Loop provides the tools for schools and parents
to work together for the success of each student.
• LoopMail for communication
• Daily email keeps you
in the loop!
• Groups for easy
communication and
collaboration
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Who Uses School Loop?
 Teachers – participation is not mandatory
 Students – students are given a login name and
password by the school district
 Parents/Guardians – must register themselves
 Administrators
 Staff
 Members of your student’s Learning Management Team
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School Loop Enhances Communication
• Parent registration takes only a few minutes. Once
registered, parent accounts are approved by the
school site.
• School Loop improves communication with its secure,
closed email system, called LoopMail.
• Parents can keep track of their child’s homework
assignments and grades, as well as school events.
• Registered parents receive a daily homework email.
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School Loop Enhances Communication
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Parents may be joined to groups created by a
teacher, staff member or administrator. Parents
can request new groups through the school’s
administration.
Parents may send LoopMails to their student’s
entire Learning Management Team.
For households not registered with School Loop, an
automated telephone notification program named
“Call Alerts” may be activated by a teacher
to inform households about upcoming
assignments and tests, in up
to 22 different languages.
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School Loop Increases Collaboration
• As a member of a group, a parent can participate in
group discussions, and post news to that group.
• Parents may store documents to be shared in a
group’s locker. This locker is bottomless.
• Parents may become a contributor to or a
webmaster of the school’s School Loop website.
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How Do Students Log In?
 Middle and high school
students obtain login
names and passwords from
school site administrators.
Elementary school students
obtain login information
from their school office.
 Students may change and
recover their passwords by
going to https://mylogin.sfusd.edu. Students should
register with the password recovery/management
software, using a link on the “mylogin” page.
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How Do Parents Register?
Parent registration is a fairly quick process:
 Parents must have their child’s Student ID number
(H0xxxxxxxx). This may be obtained from a report
card, a Student ID card, or from the school’s
administration.
 Parents must have a valid email address in order
to complete registration.
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How Do Parents Register?
Parents or guardians may register by going to
www.sfusd.edu, click “Schools” on the left side, click
the type of school or “All Schools”, click your school’s
name and then click the link next to “School Loop”.
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How Do Parents Register?
 Click Register Now to begin the
registration process.
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How Do Parents Register?
 You may view the registration page in
Spanish, Chinese or English.
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How Do Parents Register?
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How Do Parents Register?
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How Do Parents Register?
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Forgotten Password
Forgotten passwords may be retrieved by clicking the
“Forgot password?” link on the login page.
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What Do Parents See?
 Published grades
 Attendance (with
24-hour delay)
 Student schedule
 Calendar
 School news and events
 LoopMail
Grades and attendance
are made visible once the
parent account is approved
by the school site.
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Email Your Student’s
Learning Management Team
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Groups
Parents and students may be joined to groups.
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Daily Homework Email
Parents receive a daily
homework email around
5 p.m. that includes:
 Published grades
 Assignments due
 Latest school news
 Student schedule
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What Should Parents Expect?
 School Loop is optional.
 If a teacher is using School Loop, information may vary
from teacher to teacher.
 Teachers may create personal websites and course
websites.
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SFUSD School Loop Website
http://www.sfusd.edu/schoolloop
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Frequently Asked Questions (1)
Question:
Answer:
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Answer:
How do I access my school’s School Loop
web page?
One way is to go to http://www.sfusd.edu.
Click “Schools” on the left, then click the type
of school or “All Schools”. Click on your school.
Then click the link next to School Loop.
Can I use my student’s login and password?
Please register as yourself and use your own
login and password so you can receive the
most accurate information, such as teacher
emails.
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Frequently Asked Questions (2)
Question:
Answer:
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I cannot see my student’s grades or attendance.
Why?
Your account must be approved first by your
school site before you will be able to view
grades and attendance. The school site must
ensure that you are your student’s legal
guardian.
What attendance information is displayed?
You should be able to see your student’s
attendance information up to the previous day.
Attendance data is brought into School Loop;
there is a 24-hour delay.
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Frequently Asked Questions (3)
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Answer:
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I have children at different schools. Do I
have to register at each school site?
Yes.
Who can I contact for questions or help
regarding School Loop?
For help with using School Loop, contact
help@schoolloop.com. For questions
regarding SFUSD’s implementation of
School Loop, please contact
schoolloop@sfusd.edu.
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